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    I am looking for descendants of Alexander Gray, born August 23rd 1888 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. His father was also Alexander and his mothers maiden name was Janey Nelson. Looking for a link fromLink removed by AA Staff
    , Scotland where Alexanders grandfather (also Alexander)came from.
    Alexander Gray (1840) married Isabella Trotter and they emergrated to USA soon after. They had one daughter, Marion, in New York in 1866 then 3 sons. Alexander as above, James born 1870 in Paterson New Jersey and Thomas 1877 also born in New Jersey
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    '' Alexander Gray, born August 23rd 1888 in Paterson '' should this read 1868.

    Is this the same family :
    1870 United States Federal Census
    Name: Alexander Gray Birth Year: abt 1840
    Age in 1870: 30 Birthplace: Scotland
    Home in 1870: Paterson Ward 7, Passaic, New Jersey
    Race: White Gender: Male
    Post Office: Paterson
    Alexander Gray 30 Isabella Gray 28
    Marion Gray 4
    Alexander Gray 2
    James Gray 3/12

    1880 United States Federal Census
    Name: Alexander Gray
    Home in 1880: Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey
    Age: 39 Estimated birth year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Scotland
    Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
    Spouse's name: Isabella Gray
    Father's birthplace: Scotland Mother's birthplace: Scotland
    Occupation: Brass Finisher Marital Status: Married
    Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write:
    Alexander Gray 39 Isabella Gray 38
    Marion Gray 14
    Alexander Gray 12
    James Gray 10
    Thomas Gray 3
    Last edited by noggin28; 28-11-2010 at 12:48 PM.
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    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    Did they return to Scotland ?

    1891 Scotland Census
    Name: Alexander Gray Age: 3
    Estimated birth year: abt 1888 Relationship: Son
    Father's name: Alexander Gray Mother's name: Janet Gray
    Gender: Male
    Where born: U S A (Brit Subject), New Jersey
    Registration Number: 562 Registration district: Eastwood
    Civil Parish: Eastwood County: Renfrewshire
    Address: 12, Rossendale Rd
    ED: 2 Household schedule number: 220
    Line: 11 Roll: CSSCT1891_178
    Alexander Gray 36 Janet Gray 32
    Christina Gray 7 Janet Gray 5
    Alexander Gray 3

    1901 Scotland Census
    Name: Alexander Gray Age: 12
    Estimated birth year: abt 1889 Relationship: Son
    Father's name: Alexander Gray Gender: Male
    Where born: America Registration Number: 644/11
    Registration district: Hutchesontown Civil Parish: Glasgow Govan
    County: Lanarkshire Address: 30 Gilmour St Occupation: Scholar
    ED: 64 Household schedule number: 99
    Line: 25 Roll: CSSCT1901_311
    Alexander Gray 44 Janet Gray 14 ( I think this should be age 41)
    Alexander Gray 12 William R Gray 5
    Last edited by noggin28; 28-11-2010 at 01:02 PM.
    '' No one knows who we are or where we are going until we have been and gone ''.

    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    Most details seem to tie in with what I have. However I have been unable to find Alexander and Isabella on any shipping lists.I assume they would have sailed from Glasgow.
    Do you have any hints for search for their passage deatails?
    John

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    Most details seem to tie in with what I have. However I have been unable to find Alexander and Isabella on any shipping lists.I assume they would have sailed from Glasgow.
    Do you have any hints for search for their passage deatails?
    John
    Sorry I posted this on to the wrong thread (below)

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    I can't offer anything concrete as to your request but some of the names in your post struck a chord with me. I have a James Grey (also written as Gray in some sources) in my tree, who married a Helen Trotter (I believe). They lived around Berwickshire and Roxburghshire in the 1840s and 50s and moved south to Sunderland by 1861. They were friends of my great-great-great grandfather William Short (he lived with them in 1861, having come south from Coldstream himself), and James later married William's wife Ann when both William and Helen had died.

    I wondered if this might match anything you know about your Gray or Trotter relatives.

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    Do not think there is a match. I have a birth in New Jersey in 1877 approx.
    Sorry it has taken me so long to reply
    John

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    Hi John

    Assume you have Alexander and Isabella's marriage but just in case:
    spouse:Isabella Trottermarriage:18 Nov 1853 — Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Rubina

 

 

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